Abstract:
This article reflects discussions German and South
African Earth scientists, statisticians and risk analysts
had on occasion of two bilateral workshops on Data
Integration Technologies for Earth System Modelling
and Resource Management. The workshops were
held in October 2012 at Leipzig, Germany, and April
2013 at Pretoria, South Africa, and were attended by
about 70 researchers, practitioners and data managers
of both countries. Both events were arranged as
part of the South African-German Year of Science
2012/2013. The South African National Research
Foundation (NRF, UID 81579) has supported the two
workshops as part of the South African--German Year
of Science activities 2012/2013 established by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
and the South African Department of Science and
Technology.
